Two Ogun lawmakers defects to PDP

Hon. Adijat Adeleye-Oladapo 3

Hon. Adijat Adeleye-Oladapo

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Hon. Adijat Adeleye-Oladapo
Hon. Adijat Adeleye-Oladapo

Two lawmakers who were elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria announced their formal defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday 4 September.

The lawmakers are Hon. (Barr.) Samson Onademuren, representing Ijebu East Constituency and a two-time lawmaker, Hon. Adijat Adeleye-Oladapo, who is representing Ifo II Constituency.

The announcement was made during the plenary session under personal explanation.

According to Adeleye-Oladapo, who earlier defected from the PDP to APC, her action is constitutional. “In line with Section 109 sub-section 1 of the 1999 Constitution as amended, I believe I have the freedom to move from one party to another,” she stated.

The lawmaker had on Tuesday defected to the PDP in Ewekoro area of Ogun and also submitted her letter of intent to contest for a seat in the House of Representatives on the platform of PDP.

Also during plenary, Governor Ibikunle Amosun requested approval for Ogun government to facilitate the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Micro Small and Medium enterprises development fund scheme.

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Amosun drew the attention of the House to the N22 billion development fund scheme for micro-small and medium enterprises recently launched by the Federal Government in which Ogun government had been invited to participate to the tune of N2 billion.

The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Hon. Surajudeen Adekunbi read the letter from the governor to the lawmakers.

Amosun said that the fund would be made available at low interest rate to micro, small and medium enterprises across the state.

“There is need for Ogun state to participate in the scheme through the Ogun Agricultural and Multi Credit Agency and access the fund as participating financial institution,” Amosun posited.

At the plenary sitting also today, three bills scaled the first reading and should be passed sooner rather than later into law.

The bills are the Ogun Public Procurement Law, 2014; Ogun Urban and Regional Planning Law, 2014 and the Ogun Water Sector Law, 2014.

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